Notification 2023-040

Dear Madam/Sir, At its fifteenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (decision 15/5). In the same decision, it also decided to establish an Ad hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG), with a time-bound mandate until the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to advise on the further operationalization of the monitoring framework. Pursuant to this decision, the Executive Secretary, through notification 2023-001, invited Parties and observers to submit the name of one or more expert(s) who could be considered to participate in the AHTEG. In response to this invitation, 242 nominations were received, 126 experts were nominated by 63 Parties and other Governments and 116 experts were nominated by 87 observer organizations. The list of selected experts of the AHTEG, including 30 from Parties and 15 from observers, was prepared in consultation with the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, taking into account all the considerations as described in the above-noted notification 2023-001. The list is appended to this notification. The Secretariat will contact the selected experts to arrange their participation in the AHTEG. Please also note that a webpage for the AHTEG has been created and is accessible through the following link: https://www.cbd.int/gbf/monitoring/ind/. Additional information on the AHTEG, including the meeting documents, will be made available on this webpage in due course. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Acting Executive Secretary

To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations